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Senecas
Senecas Sen"e*cas, n. pl.; sing. Seneca. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike of the Five Nations. Seneca grass(Bot.), holy grass. See under Holy. Seneca eil, petroleum or naphtha. Seneca root, or Seneca snakeroot (Bot.), the rootstock of an American species of milkworth (Polygala Senega) having an aromatic but bitter taste. It is often used medicinally as an expectorant and diuretic, and, in large doses, as an emetic and cathartic. [Written also Senega root, and Seneka root.]
Seneca
Senecas Sen"e*cas, n. pl.; sing. Seneca. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike of the Five Nations. Seneca grass(Bot.), holy grass. See under Holy. Seneca eil, petroleum or naphtha. Seneca root, or Seneca snakeroot (Bot.), the rootstock of an American species of milkworth (Polygala Senega) having an aromatic but bitter taste. It is often used medicinally as an expectorant and diuretic, and, in large doses, as an emetic and cathartic. [Written also Senega root, and Seneka root.]

Meaning of Senecas from wikipedia

- often spelled Sinnikins or Sinnekars, which was later corrupted to Senecas. Seneca oral history states that the tribe originated in a village called Nundawao...
- Look up Seneca in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Seneca may refer to: Seneca (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or...
- this view is Otto Zwierlein, Die Rezitationsdramen Senecas, 1966. George W.M. Harrison (ed.), Seneca in performance, London: Duckworth, 2000. Reynolds...
- of the Senecas, also called Little Island, is an island in the Mohawk River south of Scotia in Schenectady County, New York. "Isle of the Senecas". Geographic...
- 40°47′02″N 73°58′08″W / 40.784002°N 73.968892°W / 40.784002; -73.968892 Seneca Village was a 19th-century settlement of mostly African American landowners...
- The Seneca effect, or Seneca cliff or Seneca collapse, is a mathematical model proposed by Ugo Bardi to describe situations where a system's rate of decline...
- connection of the Senecas, the orator Junius Gallio, was the only serious rival to Latro among Rome's best declaimers, according to Seneca. His tributes to...
- The Piper PA-34 Seneca is a twin-engined light aircraft, produced in the United States by Piper Aircraft. It has been in non-continuous production since...
- soldiers, Senecas, and Mohawks descended on Cherry Valley, whose defenders, despite warnings, were unprepared for the attack. During the raid, the Seneca in...
- Senecas of Jerusalem was a 2nd century Jewish Christian bishop of Jerusalem. According to Eusebius of Caesarea, there were thirteen bishops of Jerusalem...